| Event | Freeze Watch |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Future |
| Certainty | Possible |
| Area | Texas; Beaver; Sherman; Hansford; Ochiltree; Lipscomb; Moore; Hutchinson; Roberts; Hemphill; Oldham; Potter; Carson; Gray; Deaf Smith; Randall; Armstrong; Palo Duro Canyon |
| Effective | 10/15/2026, 12:21:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 10/15/2026, 9:00:00 PM CDT |
Freeze Watch issued October 15 at 12:21PM CDT until October 17 at 9:00AM CDT by NWS Amarillo TX
Details
* WHAT…Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 26 possible.
* WHERE…Portions of the Panhandle of Oklahoma and the Panhandle of
Texas.
* WHEN…From late Friday night through Saturday morning.
* IMPACTS…Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other
sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor
plumbing.
Instructions
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.
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